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As in one you would personally give 5 out of 5 stars for.

Jojo Rabbit would probably get five stars from me. It didn't blow my mind, but there wasn't really anything I wanted to change about it, and I thought it was really, really good.

I'm still not over how perfect Fury Road is.

Isn't it amazing!?!

This was the first movie that leapt to mind!

I watched David Cronenberg's "Crash" last night for the first time. It's been a really, really long time since I've watched anything close to being considered arthouse as well as any films from the 1990s. Stunning, ugly and beautiful, haunting...I couldn't look away.

Rant you can ignore:
There's something about older Hollywood films that I took for granted, and that is no frame was taken for granted. There's something breathtaking on a purely visual level where the film just looks and feels cohesive and easy on the eyes (I felt it so hard watching "Crash" last night). I can't explain it because I've never gone to film school or taken any art classes. Just a movie nerd who's watched a lot of movies and DVD extras and YT video essays. But given how I receive movies generally from the 1990s and 2000s and compare it to how I generally feel with movies I've seen released both in theatres and on streaming platforms in the last..say 5 years, there was just this seamless feel to older films that to me feels like the eyes on the camera were very focused eyes. To the point that I never want to look away at the screen. The blend of the music and story and acting certainly enhance some spots of the film, but IDK I feel like people working on films from the smallest role to the highest position had this effort of care to do their best for the cinema they were working on that lacks now. Again, not a filmmaker or even someone all that into the whole cinema/film critique scene/fandom....it's just...as someone who grew up watching films a lot...like, I can tell.
Maybe it's my overconfidence in working in quality assurance for over a decade that has me being very "I can feel the quality dip. I can't explain it, my eyes can feel it though." LOL

You're not alone in feeling this way, although it's usually the storytelling I feel is lacking now. Character deve

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Character development, storytelling in general, pacing. It all seems to have just vanished in films now.

AYRT

I agree. On many levels, some areas of filmmaking have really come to lack. So many aspects of script writing is shit now. It's not just the dialogue that has to work. It's not just the plot that has to make sense. We need to understand why a character would do what they do. And it's always a shitshow with most scripts, especially with plot and pacing and character motivation.

IMO after thinking more, it's due to studios putting things on tight deadlines (and likely having ghost crews instead of full on staffed sets if the film industry is anything like any other US production industry) and focusing more on franchises and marketability than creating actual art. Like, a lot more investment on art than market needs to be the new Hollywood motto. But given that audiences are receptive to marketability and labor laws becoming lax (and studios find new ways and places to exploit workers), we're going to continue to get mostly bad/mediocre films and shows.

I would say there are a few 3-star (good), or 4-star (great) that I have watched in the last couple of years, but I think the only 5-star thing would be a documentary - The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story.

Dredd 2012. Succeeding against huge odds, and the male and female protags don't end up together. Brilliant.

I love that movie. I wish there was a series.

Hmmmmm. I guess I'd say Dune.

I agree. It's an almost perfect movie. Pacing, visuals, even Zimmer's music isn't overwhelming as usual.
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And I don't like it.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

It's so beautiful and creative and it made me feel every single emotion. Sometimes the humor is a little immature for my taste but I would freeze this movie in amber to save it for future generations if I could.

This absolutely.

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